Ronda Rousey to defend UFC title against Cat Zingano

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Ronda Rousey talks about her win over ex-Marine Liz Carmouche in the first round of the UFC157 at the Honda Center in Anaheim on Saturday, February 23, 2013. Ronda Rousey, who trains at the Glendale Fighting Club in Glendale, defended her world championship title in the main event.

Ronda Rousey talks about her win over ex-Marine Liz Carmouche in the first round of the UFC157 at the Honda Center in Anaheim on Saturday, February 23, 2013. Ronda Rousey, who trains at the Glendale Fighting Club in Glendale, defended her world championship title in the main event. (Raul Roa/Staff Photographer)

UFC President Dana White has yet to announce a date for the bout, but Rousey's trainer Edmond Tarverdyan said to expect a fight around "the end of the year." Before the 7-0 Rousey takes on 8-0 Zingano in a rare battle between udefeated fighters, they will serve as the first female coaches for The Ultimate Fighter 18, set to air on September 4 on Fox Sports 1.

“Technically, Cat has a better record than I do right now,” Rousey said. “She's 8-0. I'm 7-0. Who was it? Was it like Rashad [Evans] and Lyoto [Machida] who were the only two undefeated people fighting for a championship before? So this is something very uncommon and very special, and I'm happy to be a part of it. I always think of myself as the underdog regardless of what other people think.”

Crescenta Valley's senior goalkeeper Gabriel Isacson was "perhaps overlooked throughout much of this past [water polo] season," according to TCN North sports editor Grant Gordon, but her 16-save performace against Riverside Poly not only sercured the 2013 CIF Southern Section Division V championship for the Falcons but also catapulted her to the top of the voting for our All-Area Girls' Water Polo Player of the Year. Congratulations to Gabriel, as well as the All-Area Girls' Water Polo First Team and Second Team.